The Ancient Mariner in North Devon

I stayed in Lynmouth for 3 days recently and this lovely traditional pub was one of my 'locals' for the duration. A terrific atmosphere on the Thursday as it seemed all the World and his Wife were in. Great selection of ales and ciders. I ate here earlier, fish n chips, which were excellent. A great pub in Lynmouth.

Wow! What a pity that I found this on our last night... it was outstanding. I had the Sea Shanty and it was an amazing meal. Well priced and a good atmosphere with comfortable chairs. Staff were very helpful and service was quick. A "do not miss" place for dinner. NOTE: I did NOT stay at the Bath Hotel. Response from owner is obviously rushed and misleading. I had dinner. I stayed at The Rock House.

Really disappointed today .Came for lunch on holiday .with friends.Place was shut .Staff inside at 12.10 .Locked doors .Lots of people tried the doors .And went elsewhere .We went to the Greenhouse in Lynton for our fish and chips

I really like this Pub, it feels like a local. Service was a bit sketchy on the night I went in last hence the rating. Otherwise all good. Would recommend!

Very slow service for average food, with £18 burgers and £5 chips.

Very friendly staff. Tasty food. We had the Sunday roast which was delicious. There are seats in the bar or separate dining room. Lots of games to keep people entertained. Jenga was a favourite. Definitely recommended.

Lovely ,been a few times while on holiday North of Devon . Staff were friendly ,service was very quick ,,well done Soup off the day ,BLT sandwiches,Crusty doorstep sandwiches .

We went here here last year 8/23 and had the sea food platter which was great! We looked forward to coming back to enjoy it again but how disappointed we would be... The portion size is much smaller with them changing the crab pot for a claw. They served mussels without bread, which is beyond me: the point of the bread is to soak up that delicious salty cream sauce after but for some reason they want you to pay an extra £4.50 for a couple pieces of bread. The meal already costs £25, for heavens sakes the least you expect is a couple pieces of bread to soak up the sauce. Very disappointed.

Lovely place. Great service. Other half had the light bite muscles and chips. I had the fish goujon door step sandwich. Both were really nice. Would go again. Thanks

Had fish and chips, husband had burger and chips, delicious and thanks for being dog friendly inside, would definitely come back

Lovely food, great service and is really dog friendly inside which is an absolute bonus. Stopped off for lunch and the prices are about average for fish and chips or burger and chips. Portion’s are good, and food tasty. Would highly recommend.

Not a nice find. The place is ok , the atmosphere is really underwhelming from the artificial lighting to the view of the street! The waiters are really uneducated about the food experience (and drinks) which are serving, not so surprising because the food is really overpriced for what is really quite basic. To end the price is really expensive!Really an experience not to repeat!

Stopped here for lunch. The food was fantastic and my seafood platter was cooked to perfection. My wife mussels were amazing too. To top it off you have the amazing views from the roof garden while you eat. Dog friendly pub as well!

The pub is lovely and very enjoyable. If you happen to be in the area of an evening, its definitely worth pulling up a chair and enjoying the view and atmosphere. And I'd like to add, yes, it would be a nice thing to commemorate S.T.Coleridges with a plaque, but that doesnt mean this lovely, helpful and friendly establishment needs to lose 3 stars over a disgruntled poetry student. 5/5 for the Ancient Mariner. 2/5 to the student.

Just stop in for a pint while visiting the village, nice pint of neck oil.

Nice pub and some cool interior design. Pint and a half came to £9.95!!

We went there for afternoon tea on the recommendation of Abbie Barnes who said it was the best cream tea she'd ever had (https://youtu.be/kRIEwtt-VC0?si=TH9TCDI8Ed5BkHY0) . It was really good - such light scones and generous amount of clotted cream. So good, we returned the next morning for breakfast before we headed home from our holiday. Amazing eggs royale

Locals pub themed like the inside of a ship with dark steel panels and bric a brac

Cannot fault this place at all. We turned up at around 2pm on a Sunday and had no trouble getting a roast dinner despite how busy it was. The food was incredible. Every bit was cooked to perfection. Staff were friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend!

Great atmosphere, amazing location and lovely view whilst eating!

Poor service. Very restricted menu - you have to wait till 6pm for food service to start and they take the specials off immediately! They don’t clear the tables - you have to queue ages for a drink and the tables are set up so 2 people take a table for 6 ! JUST DONT BOTHER - REALLY NOT WORTH IT!

Great friendly service. My Cream Tea was plentiful and good quality.

As a poetry student I was very disappointed and also astonished that, despite the name being taken from Coleridge's most famous poem, the pub had no mention of his poem other than one tiny little plaque with the title and the poet's name which was stuck behind a light and barely noticeable. How uncultured, uncultivated and disrespectful to borrow a great poem's name and not even give a proper mention of it or it's famous author anywhere in the pub. Coleridge has strong connections with Lynmouth and this should have been mentioned. The whole poem should have been on display on the wall with a picture of Coleridge beside it, preferably right as you come in the door or above the bar!!

Wouldn't recommend the fish and chips, very bland and too expensive for how tasteless they are. Overall nice beer selection and the staff are friendly but the food and the flies indoors kind of lets the place down unfortunately.

Lovely food in a lovely setting, out on the balcony.

We came as a big group, and were accommodated very well on a nice big table in the center of the room next to the hotel entrance. I had the ploughman's which tasted fantastic. Good quality ingredients, and a nice big portion to keep you going for the rest of the day. I then had créme brulée for dessert, the topping wasn't too hard, nor too soft, it was just right. And the ice cream it was served with was of a great quality. Service was friendly and the food came out quite fast too. Would done again.

Very good and food is good 👍 disabled access good 👍

Food wasn’t that great, went there as it had a good rating.

Quirky nautical themed pub, with lots of interesting copper details to admire. We sat outside on the deck, which had great views and surprisingly comfy seating. Great little pub!

This place has plenty of potential, though every time we ordered a round the price fluctuated more than the stock exchange just don't.

Food was fine. Menu a bit average. I thought expensive especially desserts.

Best pub in the area with a good selection of beers and spirits. Food is very good as well with Sunday roast being a treat. Another highlight was morris dancing and sea shanties.

We really enjoyed our roast dinner and pint after a long day walking. We also thought some of the quirky artwork and object around were fun to look at. Staff were helpful and nice despite being busy

Tourist pub just by the fisherman's port and at the end of shopping street. They have outside tables upstairs and downstairs. Downstairs tables are available for smoking, upstairs is harbour view. They serve a variety of menus from sea foods to traditional Sunday roast.

Pub with restaurant attached - part of the Bath Hotel. Pub area is cosy with nautical theme including octopus sculpture, restaurant more formal. Moules mariniere starter was huge and delicious, mains OK without being remarkable. Exmoor and Otter beers on draught

Super spot to watch the world go by in the sunshine, with a beer or G&T. Gorgeous dining parlour for Sunday lunch (which was fantastic!). Great service (special mention to the twins who confused the hell out of the husband 😂 ) Our visit was topped off by some morris dancing and the singing of a sea shanty or three. Great fun!

On previous visits they had a good tasty selection of vegan food like tofish and vegan lobster which were lovely. The menu has recently changed and now the only options were spinach and pea burger or roasted beetroot. Hopefully the menu changes soon back to include the tofish as what is currently offered is overpriced and bland. A real shame as the pub is a lovely quirky place with good service and a good selection of drinks.

Nice welcoming atmosphere, good food Good selection of drinks, the bar and serving staff, were very helpful and polite

Nice place to have a drink and a snack, good atmosphere.

Fantastic spot, great beer and food. Friendly staff, lovely fire too.

Nice atmosphere and friendly service

Love this place, the staff, Jack and Eden from Australia made it a great experience and were great company.

Food was ok but nothing great, certain staff were rude and tried to clear the table while our guests were still eating, other than that it was good

Good fish and chips. Quick service and friendly staff. Good selection of beer.

Nice quirky place with good views

Fantastic pub. The atmosphere is brilliant. The food tastes amazing, the service was fantastic, the staff are all extremely polite and helpful. I will say, though, that desserts and sandwiches are very expensive. Main courses are very fairly priced though for the quality of food you are getting.

Won't be visiting here again. They refused my grandchildren to eat their fudge here because it wasn't their food? If you want customers, change your rules. Disgraceful.

Great place for a G&T didn't have food today but certainly will next time.

Very tasty Sunday lunch. Bit pricey for one course 🤔

Amazing food. It really is. The only reason for marking down Re service and atmosphere is that there was only one member of staff behind the bar and one serving the food. It did create bit of delay in getting served and plates weren't cleared very quickly. Please don't let this put you off though, the food is WELL WORTH it. Can I also say that on 2 previous visits the food was still amazing and staffing didn't seem an issue.

Visited on numerous occasions. Great pub. Lovely food. Slight issue with our bill as overcharged - paid for previous customer's drinks ! Thank goodness we checked our banking app. If pub had been busier, it may have been harder to check/prove. All sorted with a smile and we were back in the following evening!

I love a decent pint of Ale, and this place did not disappoint, Im a regular visitor to the area, and this is the best kept pint around.

We love it here and visit whenever we are in the area. The staff are super helpful and friendly. There is a good menu with lots if choice and the food is all good. The pub restaurant is dog friendly with a fab ambiance and atmosphere.

Great pub with great food best mussels i have had in a while along with the whitebait . Wife had the fish and chips also nice.

The Ancient Mariner was on the waterfront in Lynmouth and I would suggest you go there more for the atmosphere than the food, which was typical pub grub and quite good. There was a great deal of marine artifacts in the hotel and overall a good experience.

Really nice place with great food and friendly staff.

This pub is steeped in maritime history as the name may suggest. It's a great location right on the water front and the roaring fire was most welcoming on a cold winters day. We initially went in for a quick afternoon tipple but pretty quickly decided to book and have dinner later in the evening due to the menu that was on offer. Thanks to Sandra and her team for making us feel really welcome and for the excellent service we received when having dinner. The food was of a good standard, the scotch egg starter we shared was delicious the lamb and dumplings stew and the fish pie mains we had tasted as good as it read on the menu, genourous helpings as well! Over all a great pub experience, lots of memorabilia to look at and the impromptu sea shanty singers session capped of a really immersive experience.

Lovely place. lovely Sunday roast.

The vegan menu is brilliant! I can’t wait to come back. Great food, beer and service for all of us!!

We went for dinner and had a lovely meal. The lady behind the bar was very friendly and helpful. We had the pate for starter and then the fish pie and mussels for main. The mussels serving was enormous and could almost feed 2 people.

I emailed at first to arrange lunch for boxing day. I received a reply within a short time confirming they were open and serving food. I called to confirm my booking, spoke to a very friendly and helpful lady who told me all about the boxing Day tug of war event that takes place right outside. We arrived was shown to our table. The food was very good as was the service despite the fact that the pub got very busy the staff remained calm and friendly. This is our second visit in as many months and we would have no hesitation in recommending or returning

Booked a table for boxing day lunch. Having previously visited for an excellent Sunday roast in October. The lady I booked the table with was excellent. And the food and service was as good as we remembered. And despite the place getting very busy due to a local event going on outside the hard working staff remained polite, efficient and friendly. Recommend 👌

Lovely place and dog friendly. We didn't eat but the menu look good.

Visited on Thursday afternoon in November when a lot of other places in the village had closed for winter. It was freezing outside but the fire was roaring and the welcome warm. The menu is varied, plenty of vegetarian options, and both our lunches were fresh and delicious. Service was great and the dogs were very welcome. We will definitely be back.

Fabulous characterful pub-restaurant with vegan options and dog friendly. It’s a really nice maritime themed pub, the person serving was extremely helpful. Dogs welcome and plenty of space. Vegan pan-fried lobster with sweet potato salad was one of the options and it was delicious. Also has vegan BLT. Recommend

Really nice pub. Great lunch menu

Yes had some lovely and crispy whitebait and a, cider, went down a, treat, the fish and chips looked really scrumpcious, very friendly atmosphere mo

Expensive mediocre burger and waitress told me to get my own cutlery 🙄

Went in for Sunday lunch and must say it wasn't the greatest. The vegetables were alright except the roast potatoes were more grease than potatoe. The meat we had lamb was so chewy we couldn't eat it or cut it !! Couldn't get a refund as we had already paid and when we did complain the waitress walked off 🙄, however we did speak to a lovely gentleman who was very apologetic and did seem to sympathise. apart from the meal the restaurant and bar looked lovely.

Down in Lynton once more for a long weekend and couldn't resist visiting the Ancient Mariner again for an evening Sunday roast. Just as good as we have had in the past, tender roast beef, crispy roast potatoes and massive Yorkshire pudding plus an excellent variety of vegetables. All served by friendly staff members. Perfect choice again, we will return !!

Sunday lunch was very disappointing and we wouldn’t risk returning. The roast beef was inedible, replaced with the roast pork which wasn’t much better. The table next to us said the roast lamb they had was chewy. We wondered why the dining room was so quiet for a Sunday lunch, now we know why. A new chef is required for sure!! We must say the front of house staff were very attentive and friendly.

Staff were really friendly, beer was good, service was good but the food was just OK. Fish and chips, fish was not the freshest and had a few bones, nothing to complain about but nothing to shout about either.

A gem of a pub. A great menu with a very varied range of dishes. All cooked to perfection

A busy pub with an OK anteroom for diners off the bar. Ate here twice recently. Food very average and not cheap. Flavour is lacking but grease not. Staff are friendly and helpful.

Only had fish and chips but it was very good

A varied menu but we all decided for the roast. The food was really good as was the service and we felt reasonably priced. Happy to return and recommend.

Went in expecting standard pub grub but, was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. I had fish and chips with (real!) mushy peas, delicious, crisp batter and really tasty cod. My other half had moules mariniere which she said was rich and creamy with good quality meaty mussels.

Wonderful fresh food served with a smile. The moules marinier were the best we had ever eaten, we had them twice. The food seemed all homemade. We were staying at the hotel next door and breakfast was also excellent. Treat yourself you wont be sorry

Not much ambience on a Monday evening in October. Menu seemed fairly good, but unfortunately, the food did not live up to expectation. The fried fish was particularly greasy; the spinach and pea burger on the other hand was as dry as a bone. Then we had the salty locals effing and jeffing by us in the bar and someone emerging from the kitchen to moan and joke with them about cooking vegan food (yeah, that would be us mate). The one plus point was the friendly person behind the bar.

Had a very acceptable meal with a pint, then the local Shanty singers turned up and made it a fine evening!

This was a good pub with loads of marine artefacts and good atmosphere and better than most food you might find in a British Pub. It was however pub grub and hard to rate higher but recommended.

Great Pub in centre of Lynmouth, Interesting (in a good way) maritime decor and friendly and efficient staff. Visited recently, had planned to eat in the connected Bath Hotel , but liked the look of the menu and had an excellent dinner here instead, so glad we chose here. Ideal location, lots of parking nearby.

Couldn’t be bothered to serve a hot drink even though not busy. Arrogant young man behind the bar. Wouldn’t recommend this as there is a better pub further along the quay

Yet another lovely meal.... Always visit here every year.....and have never been disappointed. Fabulous Baileys cheesecake!

A very good menu. Food excellent.

So pleased that we ended up here in Lynmouth on this sunny morning. After being let down by a cafe not opening on time up in Lynton we took the cliff railway down to Lynmouth and this ended being a great choice. After a stroll around the sights our noses lead us straight into The Ancient Mariner for breakfast. Lush menu for carnivores and herbivores! We'll definitely be back for lunch some time soon.

Low-energy staff. Sandwich very light on filling. School dinner chips. Vegetarian burger spices tasted undercooked. Mussels were excellent.

Really lovely food and great atmosphere. Reasonably priced with good variety, plus kid friendly. Definitely will be back!

Sehr guter Burger. Bedienung war sehr nett.

Haben gerade die besten Miesmuscheln seit langem gegessen. Fleischig und eine Weinsosse zum Anbeten. Außerdem sehr nette Bedienung. Danke

Called on our way home after a weekend in Cornwall. Lovely pint of Cruzcampo and a load of friendly customers. Top place, lovely location too!

Very beautiful place. The nautical theme caught my eye, and the food was very good. We had Sunday roast and burger with fries. The staff was very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend this place.

Interesting very quirky pub. Staff were great and food delicious. Only off putting thing, was that the food servers don't remove their aprons when they go into the toilet.

Just popped in for a quick drink. All of the staff were friendly.

A very rainy day, so decided to have lunch there. Was welcomed by a lady behind the bar. Ordered drinks and found seats, looked at the menu. I chose fish, chips and mushy peas and wife chose steak burger and chips. Took a little time to come, but cooking fresh takes time. It was nice to see it filling up. When it came out, looked lovely and the fish was big. You was not rushed. Though some people might think it was expensive, we didn’t. Really nice place to visit and eat.

Great little pub, dog friendly and a great atmosphere.

We were attracted to this place because of it's extensive vegan selection of food. The atmosphere of the pub is wonderfully relaxed, dog friendly. The food in my wife's and I's case Tofu fish and chips was marvelous. A nig portion for a reasonable price. And our daughter's sausages, chips and beans likewise. The pub as you would expect by the name has a nautical theme. The staff are attentive and friendly and I would highly recommend a visit here for food and drink.

What a great pub, great food & staff! We're so glad that we decided to drop in initially & ended up eating there 2 evenings in a row. We can highly recommend the seafood platter & cod & chips!!

Great atmosphere, decor and staff. Brilliant selection of local drinks, especially the gin.

Didn't eat here as it was out of our price range but the food looked lovely.